The Brookhaven leader., 1887-09-29

opened with the outside world, and Sidney
Smith escaped In time TO defeat Bona
parties Egyptian expedition. What small
accident connected with what vast result
Sir Robert Peal, from a pattern he drew
on the back Of pewter dinner-plate, got
suggestions of that which led TO the
| important Invention by which calico 10
printed.
Nothing in Gods universe swings at
| loose ends. Accidents are only Gods wav
! OF turning a leaf in the book of his eternal
! DEGREES. From our cradle t. our grave
| there Il yath all marked out. Each
/ event In our life Is connected with every
other event in our life. Our loss may
] be the most direct road TO our
I cain. Our defeats aud victories are twin
| brothers. The whole direction of your lite
was changed by something which at the
time seemed TO Won trifa, while some &C
| CurrenCe which seemed Tremendous affect
ed Won but little. Rev. DR.. Kennedy, of
| RaSking Ridge, y. j., went into his pulpit
one Sabbath and bv a strange freak OF
memory forgot his subject and forgot bis
text, and in great embarrassment rose be-
fore his audience and announced the cir
CumStance and declared him self entirely
unable to preach: then launched forth In
few earnest W prdS Of entreatv and warm
ing which resulted in the outhreaking OF
the mChtiCst revival Of religion ever
known in that State, a revival OF RELIGION
that resulted in churches still stand
ing and In the conversion - q
large number of men who entered
the Gospel ministry who have brought
their thousands into the kingdom Of God.
Gods plans are magnificent beyond al
a1.I
directs us, aud we know il not. Thou
sands Of wears are to him bat as the flight
of shuttle The most terrific occurrence
does not make God tremhe, aud the most
triumphant achievement does not lift him
into rapture. That one great thought OF
God goes On through the centuries, and
nations rise and fan. anil era' pass. aud
the world it elf changes, but God still
keeps the undivided mastery. linking event
to event and century to century. To God
they are all one event, ono history. one plan
one development. one system. Great aud
marvellous are thy works, Lord God Al.
mighty.
Furthermore, Wa Learn from this story
the propretv Of LAYING up for the future.
During seven years Of plenty Joseph pre-.
pared for the famine, and when it came
he had a crowded StorahoUse. The life Of
most men in worldly respect is divided
into years of plenty and famine. 1t is
seldom that any man passes through life
without at least seven years of plenty.
During these seven prosperous wears your
business bears a rich harvest. You hardly
know where all the money comes from, it
comes so fast. Every bargain Won make
seems 10 tirn into gold. You contract
few bad debts. Nou are aStonShed with
large dividends. To# invest more and
more capital. You wonder how men can
he content with a small business
gathering IN only hundred
dDllarS where Won reap your
thousands These are the seven years Of
PLENTY. Now. Joseph, is the time to pre-
pare for famine, for to almost every man
there do come seven years Of famine
YOu will be sick: Won will be unfortunate:
YOU will be defraud ID F., you viii be dsap-
pointed: you VIII he old, aud IL yOI have
no storehouse upon which t. fall back you
may be famine-strncE.
We have no admiration for this denying
ones self of al pre- sent comfort and luxury
Or the mere pleasure o. boarding up, this
gra sping for the mere pleasure of seeing
how large a pile YOU can get: this ALWAYS
being poor and or .mpel, because as soon
as dollar comes in it is sent out t. see il
it cant find another dollar 10 carry
home ON its back: but there Il
an intelligent aud undetermined fore
ca It which we love to see in men who
have families and kindred dependent mp
on them for the Ill .ssnSs OF education
and home. God sends MS II the insects
for a lesson, which, while they do not
stint themselves in the present, do not
forget their duty to forestall the future:
eco to the ant, thou s.uE@ard; consider
her WAYS aud he wise, which. having nc
guide. overseer or ruler, prOvideth hen
meat in the summer and gathereth her
food in the harvest"
Now, there are two WAYS OF LAYING up
money: the one by investing it in stock
and depOSitng it in the banks and loan
ing it on bond and mortgage. The Other
wa" Of laying up money il giving il
away. He is the safest who makes both
OF these Investments. But the man who
devotes none of his gain to the cause of
Christ and thinks only of his own
comfort and luxury, not safe. dOa't care
how his money is invested He acted as
the rose il it should say: 81 will hold my
breath end no one shall have snatch OF
fragrance f'om me- until next week, and
then | will set all the garden ailoat with
the aroma" The time comes, but having
been without fragrance for so long. it has
nothing then to give.
But above all, lay up treasures in
Heaven. They never dep~eciate in value
They never are at a discount They are
always available. You NAV feel safe now
with your present yearly income, but
what will such an income lie worth
after you are dead? Others
will get il. Perhaps some OF them VIII
quarrel about it before YOU arc buried.
They will be right glad yoI are dead
They are only waiting for you to die.
What then will all your accommodations be
worth if Won could gather it all into yOm
bosom and walk up with it to Heaven's
gate! 1t would not purchase your adj
mission; or, il allowed t. enter, it could
not buy you crown or a robe, and the
poorest saint in Heaven would look down
and say: "Where did that pauper come
FROM"
Finally, learn from this subject that in
every famine there is storehouse. Up the
long row of buildings, piled to the very root
with corn. come the hungry multitudes,
and Joseph commanded that their sacks
and their wagons be filled. The world has
been blasted. Every green thing has
withered under the touch of sin. From
all continents and island and zones comes
up the groan of dying millions. Over
tropical Spice-grOve, and Siberian ice hut,
and HmdoO jungle the b light has fallen.
The famine is universal. But, glory he tc
| God, there is a great stOrehouse. Jesus
Christ, our elder brother, this day bids